Speech delivered in 1917 to the California Bar Association, in California, State Bar of (1917), Proceedings ... Annual Convention, California Bar Association, pages: 170-172
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Horace Mann said that one former was worth a thousand reformers. And if you are going to keep justice and liberty alive, you lawyers, we teachers will try to become what we were meant to be, the formers of the character of our citizens.
— Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
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About Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
Aurelia Isabel Henry Reinhardt (April 1, 1877 - January 28, 1948) was an educator, activist, and prominent member and leader of numerous organizations. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, completed her doctoral dissertation at Yale, and studied as a fellow at Oxford. After teaching at the University of Idaho, the Lewiston State Normal School, and with the Extension Division of the University of California, she was elected president of Mills College in 1916, and held the position until 1943, making her the longest serving president in the history of the school.
About Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
Aurelia Isabel Henry Reinhardt (April 1, 1877 - January 28, 1948) was an educator, activist, and prominent member and leader of numerous organizations. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, completed her doctoral dissertation at Yale, and studied as a fellow at Oxford. After teaching at the University of Idaho, the Lewiston State Normal School, and with the Extension Division of the University of California, she was elected president of Mills College in 1916, and held the position until 1943, making her the longest serving president in the history of the school.
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